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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a Roman general and leading conservative politician. As consul in 109 BCE he took command against Jugurtha, restored discipline and defeated him at the Muthul, but he was replaced by his former officer Gaius Marius in 107 BCE. He received a triumph and the name Numidicus, and was later exiled in 100 BCE for refusing to swear to a law of Saturninus.
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